A farmer, Mr. Sales liked to host wedding balls with a repertoire of dance songs.

In many traditions in the French hexagon, singers are rarely professionals, nevertheless they are or were often invited to weddings to sing there.

Jean-Philippe Denis Sales, who transmitted the song "La pluie tombe sur nous", was born in 1889 and was a farmer, father of four children. His eldest son and youngest daughter are said to have inherited their father's taste for singing.
When recording the song, Sylvette Beraud-Williams notes that although he was already very diminished, he still had a fairly strong voice and a great joy in singing, one could easily imagine his habit of singing in public. He was often invited to liven up wedding balls, with a repertoire of dance songs that he would tap out to.

At this unique meeting, Sylvette was at the very beginning of her collection, which she began by progressing from one informant to another, by word of mouth. This is probably how she was told about the strong reputation of Mr. Jean-Philippe Denis Sales as a singer.

If he chose to sing "La pluie tombe sur nous" to her (although it is not a song to dance to), it is because Sylvette was interested in everything related to "traditional" life and its rituals, the central object of her research at the beginning of her collection.